It seems every statement by a politician nowadays, is prefaced with "War is not a certainty" . Only the British ones genuinely seem to believe it. The American ones say it, then talk about Whooping Saddams raghead a s s

MOD need to get real. The british public are not going to get the arrse, seeing troops behaving in a warry fashion. They will in fact, want to see them doing that, which will reinforce the confidence, they can look after themselves, and come home safe.

Let's hope IDS points out any shortfalls in equipment , publicly in the house, and exposes Hoon for the snakeoil salesman he really is.